Out West Arts had the good fortune to see a piano recital by Emanuele Arciuli. Of note, along with a rendeition of Ives' Second Piano Sonata, a related work by James Tenney:
What preceded this was a concise summary of some of the music world spinning out form Ives' work. First on the program was James Tenney’s Essay which directly references the written essays Ives wrote to accompany the original publication of the “Concord” sonata. Tenney takes off from Ives by borrowing and then rearranging certain notes from the sonata which are then plucked by the player from the inside of the piano in this case.
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Posted by: Gregory | March 31, 2011 at 07:54 AM